Language selection


Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Louis Vizena

In memory of:

Private Louis Vizena

October 22, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

721173

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn. Canadian Inf .

Additional Information


Born:

December 22, 1897
St. Andrews, Manitoba

Son of Louis and Emma Vizena of St. Louis, Saskatchewan.

Brother of Private William Hector Vizena, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).

Commemorated on Page 517 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

RAISMES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

I. A. 5.

Location:

Raismes is a small town on the north-west edge of Valenciennes. The Cemetery is north of the Grand Place in the Rue du Cimetiere. The majority of the Commonwealth war graves are in a plot in the north-west part of the cemetery, with the remaining four in a plot in the south-east corner.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Grave marker– Private Louis Vizena 18 April 2017 CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) https://cefrg.ca
  • Photo of Louis Vizena– This is Uncle Louis, 1916

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: